Shoe.



B. F. RAYMOND.

- SHOE. APPLIOATION FILED uAn.ao.-191o.

Patented Sepf513, 1910.

iiawessesf @iK/ ma @7 UNITED STATES PATENTY OFFICE.

EDGAR F. RAYMOND, OF ROCKLAND, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALE T0 CHARLES O. EMERSON, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 13, 1910.

Application led March 30, 1910. Serial No. 552,336.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR F. RAYMoNn, a citizen ot' the United States, residing at Vockland, county of Plymouth, and State ot' lVIassachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Shoes, ot' which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to shoes and has for its object to provide a novel shoe in which the lower portion of the front opening is closed by lacing in usual manner and the upper portion is closed by an extension on the tongue which is shaped to overlie the upper and to be buttoned thereto, all as will be more fully hereinafter described and then pointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a shoe embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a view of the tongue.

The shoe is made in the ordinary way with the upper 3 and the opening L in front. The edges 5 at the lower end of the opening are provided with eyelets G through which the lacing 7 is threaded in usual manner. The shoe is provided with a tongue 8 which is secured at its lower end 9.0 to the upper in usual manner, and the lower portion of which underlies the eyeleted portion of the edges The tongue, however, is of special shape in that it is provided with the two slits 9 and in that the upper portion 10 above the slits is wider than the lower portion and is adapted to overlie the upper portion of the edges 5, said edges 5 passing through the slits 9, as readily seen -from the draw ing. This wider portion l0 of the tongue is detachably secured to the outer side of the shoe at either one or both sides as desired.

I will preferably provide the shoe with the buttons 11 and make the ortion l0 of the tongue with the buttonho es 12 to receive the buttons, but any other suitable way ol' fastening the portion 10 .of the tongue to the outside of the shoe might .be employed without departing from the invention.

When the shoe is to be removed from the foot, one side of the portion 10 of the tongue will be unbuttoned, and, if necessary, the lacing 7 may be untied and loosened somewhat. In some linstances this may not'be necessary, as the unbuttoniug of the portion 10 ot' the shoe will open it suliieiently to permit it to be removed. One advantage of this construction is that the shoe has no hooks which are liable to catch in a persons trousers or in a ladys dress, and the invention, therefore, is of particular advantage in a .ladys shoe because it avoids the necessity of lacing the shoe clear to the top.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A shoe having an openine' in front, the lower portion o't' the edges 0i which are eyeleted, a lacing threaded through the eyelets for securing together said opening, a tongue secured at its lower end to the interior of the shoe, and the lower portion of which underlies the eyeleted portion of the upper, said tongue having laterally-extending slits in its Aedges through which the edges of the upper are adapted to pass, and the upper portion o't' said tongue being wider than the lower portion and lying on the outside of the shoe, and buttons for securing the edges ot' said upper portion of the tongue to the shoe.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDGAR F. RAYMOND.

IVitnesses PATRICK J. IIANLEY, WALTER B. SoULE. 

